Topline: The SDPD criminalizes communities of color, especially Black people, in Southeast San Diego by falsely labeling them as gang members. This routine practice inflicts devastating racially biased harms, undermines community safety, and wastes tremendous public dollars.
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Falsely documenting people of color as gang members is a longstanding racially biased practice of law enforcement agencies, especially SDPD
Critique/debunk normative assumptions about what it means to be a gang member
Gang Documentation and Databases are a Longstanding Problem
SDPD has a history and practice of Incorrectly Documenting People as Gang Members
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Compare what data show (relatively low numbers) to lived experiences (revealing a more expansive practice)
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Explain inconsistency between Gang Unit (under SDPD) and “Gang Enforcement” Assignment (under RIPA)
Denial of PRA Request on Gang Unit is a form of secrecy (rather than transparency) used to hidecover SDPD’s racially biased gang documentation practices. This lack of transparency erodes both public trust in SDPD’s ability to advance and community safety.
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[link to methodology on GitHub]